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On a hot Cheshire day in 1959, the family gets stuck in traffic. Blake Morrison reads his memoir about his father.

On a hot Cheshire day in 1959, the family gets stuck in traffic.

But Blake's dad is an impatient and cantankerous doctor who does not take to delays well and takes silly risks.

Could a medical operation finally defeat him?

Blake Morrison's award-winning tribute to his father - an irascible Yorkshire GP.

Abridged and read in nine parts by Blake Morrison.

Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1994.

15 minutes

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